Meeting Materials 2019-2020
May 7, 2020
Meeting Materials (PDF)
Zoom Recording: https://wpi.zoom.us/rec/play/78F4f-r5qjw3HIaWtASDA6csW42-e6-s0CVPrPANmEjnUnlVN1rzZeZAYbGTBGaDz6faxjZDZUXGeyNS?continueMode=true
- Addendum 1: CTAF - motion that current tenure-track Faculty have their probationary period extended by one year due to hardships associated with COVID-19, with the right to opt out of this provision – April 16, 2020.
- Addendum 2: CAP/CGSR - motion to change the policy regarding the automatic sharing of the results of online course reports of undergraduate and graduate classes for D-2020 term, and Graduate classes for the Spring 2020 semester with the WPI community and administration - April 16, 2020.
- Addendum 3: CGSR - motion to give graduate students the option to receive a Pass/NC grade for any course taken in D-term 2020 - April 16, 2020
- Addendum 4: CGSR - motion that a policy for the participation of Graduate Students in Commencement who will not complete degree requirements by the ceremony date be added to the graduate catalog - April 16, 2020
- Addendum 5: COAP - motion that review of sabbatical leave applications no longer be handled by COAP, but instead be reviewed by department heads (as is currently done) and the appropriate Dean prior to the request being sent to the Provost by amending the Faculty Handbook - April 16, 2020
- Addendum 6: COAP – motion to clarify the wording in the Faculty Handbook related to years required for eligibility to take a sabbatical leave and remove mention of one-term sabbatical leaves of absence, which are no longer available as of 2006, by amending the Faculty Handbook - April 16, 2020
- Addendum 7: COAP – motion to change the review process for requests for unpaid leaves of absence to parallel the process for requests for sabbatical leaves of absence by amending the Faculty Handbook. -- April 16, 2020
- Addendum 8: COAP -- motion that the process (described in the Faculty Handbook, Part Two, Section 1.D.2.5) for providing written feedback to faculty candidates who have been denied promotion be modified so that the letter comes only from the Provost. -- April 16, 2020
- Addendum 9: CGSR -- motion that an Applied Physics Graduate Program be established at WPI. -- April 16, 2020
- Addendum 10: CGSR -- motion that new Applied Physics graduate courses be established to support the new graduate program in Applied Physics. -- April 16, 2020
- Addendum 11: CAP -- motion that the current trial policy allowing students to be paid by sponsors for credit-bearing work on MQPs and IQPs be made permanent. The policy should be updated to emphasize the central role of WPI’s academic mission in all student project work and emphasize the primary authority and responsibility of the faculty advisor(s) in all decisions related to the project work. -- April 16, 2020
May 1, 2020 - Faculty Assembly
Zoom Recording: https://wpi.zoom.us/rec/play/65F7fruhrzM3GdDB4gSDAfdwW421eqKsgCZK-_YFyB3gUnYKZFChM-EWN7Crg-r4usC-HxihDXeP3UeY?continueMode=true
April 16, 2020
- Addendum 1: COG - motion for the WPI faculty to endorse the Administration’s proposal to elevate the Aerospace Engineering Program to the status of an independent Aerospace Engineering department at WPI – March 19, 2020.
- Addendum 2: CAP/CAO - motion that the Undergraduate catalog section on Commencement Policy be modified – March 19, 2020.
March 27, 2020 - Special Faculty Meeting
Meeting Materials (PDF)
Zoom Recording: Special Faculty Meeting
March 19, 2020
- Addendum 1: WPI Forward Update – February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020
- Addendum 1: CAP, Online Course Reporting System – January 16, 2020; CAP, Policies and Practices Guiding MQP Projects – January 16, 2020
- Addendum 2: Implementation of The Global School update – January 16, 2020
January 16, 2020
- Addendum 1: SoF Report, Prof. Dominko – December 12, 2019
- Addendum 2: CAO, December 30, 2019 Undergraduate Student Graduation List – December 12, 2019
- Addendum 3: CGSR, December 30, 2019 Graduate Student Graduation List – December 12, 2019
- Addendum 4: COG/CITP, Motion to adopt a WPI Research Data Retention and Maintenance Policy – December 12, 2019
- Addendum 5: COG/CITP, Motion to adopt a WPI Academic and Research Computing (ARC) User Account Policy- December 12, 2019
- Addendum 6: CGSR, motion to approve a new MS Program in Business Analytics – December 12, 2019
- Addendum 7: CGSR, motion to approve a new MS Program in Systems Engineering Leadership – December 12, 2019
- Addendum 8: CGSR, motion to approve a new PhD in Computational Media – December 12, 2019
- Addendum 9: CGSR, motion to approve a new MFA Program in Interactive Media and Game Design – December 12, 2019
December 10, 2019
- Addendum 1: Motions Relating to Establishing a Tenure Track for Teaching Professors
November 7, 2019
- Addendum 1: Memorial Resolution, Professor William D. Hobey – October 3, 2019
- Addendum 2: Memorial Resolution, Professor Frederick L. Hart – October 3, 2019
- Addendum 3: Report – WPI Online – Historical Context and Current State – October 3, 2019
October 3, 2019
- Addendum 1: President’s Forward Together Presentation – September 5, 2019
- Addendum 2: CAO, September 2019 Undergraduate Student Graduation List – September 5, 2019
- Addendum 3: CGSR, September 2019 Graduate Student Graduation List – September 5, 2019
- Addendum 4: COG, Motion to Suspend the Rules – September 5, 2019
September 5, 2019
- Addendum 1: TTT/NTT Credit Delivery Report – May 2, 2019
- Addendum 2: CAO, May 11, 2019 Undergraduate Student Graduation List – May 2, 2019
- Addendum 3: CGSR, May 9, 2019 Graduate Student Graduation List – May 2, 2019
- Addendum 4: COG, WPI Global School, A Proposal – May 2, 2019